To BMP or not to BMP during vertebrate limb bud development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Pignatti, Emanuele ^a   Zeller, Rolf ^a   Zuniga, Aimée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antagonist; BMP; Limb bud; Mouse; Signaling; TGF

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GREM1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHICKEN; CHONDROGENESIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL EXPANSION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIMB BUDS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84904513280     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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